Krista Cooke

Dr. Krista Cooke grew up in rural western Pennsylvania.  Her undergraduate degree in Biochemistry was from Swarthmore College to the East, and she enjoyed studying Divinity and Philosophy while further abroad at the University of Aberdeen, Scotland during her senior year.   She then came to “the big city” for medical school and has now lived in Pittsburgh for more than half of her life.  She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and completed her residency program at UPMC St. Margaret Family Medicine Residency.  After that, she was called to practice urban underserved at the East Liberty Family Health Care Center, a local Christian nonprofit and Federally Qualified Health Care Center.  

Over the years, she has mixed her passion for missional medicine to underserved, marginalized, and immigrant patient populations with a growing interest in teaching not only patients but also clinicians.  She has worked as an outpatient clinical preceptor with medical students from Pitt Med and residents from UPMC Shadyside and St. Margaret residencies.  She serves as the Assistant Medical Director for Education and Onboarding at ELFHCC, and mentors and collaborates with multiple APPs daily.   Her full-spectrum practice currently includes outpatient medicine from birth to death, including prenatal care as well as inpatient care.  She has enjoyed leading resident teams at Shadyside hospital on the community family medicine service for the last 15 years.   Dr. Cooke is excited to begin the next chapter of her teaching career at the Nasuti College of Osteopathic Medicine.

• B.S. in Biochemistry, Swarthmore College
• M.D., University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
• Family Medicine Residency, UPMC St. Margaret